Hamilton opens up on father relationship
In an emotional post, Lewis Hamilton has poured his he꧂art out on his relationship with his father as the pair reconnect over the winter break.
The six-time Formula 1 world champion has credited Anthony as a pinnacle figure in startin꧋g his racing career from working multiple jobs to provide funding for his karting care🌼er to helping secure his McLaren deal when he was just 13-years-old.
In an emotional post, Lewis Hamilton has poured his heart out on his relationship with his father as the pair reconnect ov﷽er the winter break꧙.
The six-time Formula 1 world champion has credited Anthony as a pinnacle figure in starting his racing career from working multiple jobs to provide funding for his karting career to ✤helping secure his McLaren🧔 deal when he was just 13-years-old.
But their relationship soured in 2010 with Anthony s🃏tepping away from his son’s management🦄 team which saw the pair become distant to the point they stopped speaking to each other.
Over the past year, Hamilton’s father has been regularly spotted within the F1 paddock and Mercedes garage as the pair b🦩egan to repair their re💛lationship.
Th🧜is has led to the 35-year-old reconciling with his 💛father over the F1 winter break and helping him ramp up his pre-season training and preparations.
“Our journey hasn’t been an easy one, we’ve faced so many obstacles as individuals but also as a family,” Hamilton wr🦩ote on his Instagram account. “My dad and I haven’t had the easiest of relationships. He worked so hard to create an opportunity for us as a family and because of him🌳 I am where I am today.
“In the searc🥀h for success, with all the pressure🎃 it put on us all, we were so immersed in the drive to succeed that we that we lost sight of what was most important, our relationship. Over time, we lost that father son bond and it has been something we have both wanted back for so long.
“Family is the most important thing in the world. You can’t chose yo🌸ur fam💧ily but you can make it work with them no matter your differences, they are the ones that will be there when you have nothing. Sending everyone positivity and love.”
Focusing on his 2020 F1 season preparations Hamilton has revealed he weighs 73kg, five kilograms ligജhterꦚ than last year, and feels he’s had “one of the best winters I’ve had training”.
Hamilton’s next F1 duty will be helping launch the Mercedes 2020 car, the W11, on Febrꦅuary 14 ahead of the start of pre-season testing at Circuit de Catalunya which gets underway on February 19.
